FreeBSD : fetchmail -- remote root/code injection from malicious POP3 server (3497d7be-2fef-45f4-8162-9063751b573a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19339

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

fetchmail's POP3/UIDL code does not truncate received UIDs properly. A malicious or compromised POP3 server can thus corrupt fetchmail's stack and inject code when fetchmail is using UIDL, either through configuration, or as a result of certain server capabilities. Note that fetchmail is run as root on some sites, so an attack might compromise the root account and thus the whole machine.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19339

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3497d7be2fef45f481629063751b573a.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fetchmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2335

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